sand stars on the glass

[ndpb6b]

I just bought 4 sand sifting stars yesterday and I woke up this morning to see a few of them on the glass. As cool as it looks is this okay for them and is it normal? They are in a 125 fish/invert peaceful tank. Any info on the sand sifters would be wonderful.
Thanks,
Newt

 

[yellowtail]

info: eat good stuff in your sandbed.
at night mine would always talk a little midnight stroll around the tank glass.no problem

 

[ndpb6b]

That's what I'm looking to here but if anyone else has any stories or more info. please feel free to add it as well.
Thanks all,
Newt

 

[bigarn]

I hope you acclimated them right....They're not the easiest Stars to keep. They'll start spending less time on the glass as they adapt to your tank.
Good Luck

 

[ndpb6b]

I floated them and added some water slowly to their bags and then dumped their water and put them in the tank. I have a 125 so I evenly spaced them out along the front sand. They all buried themselves right away. As far as I can tell they seem healthy.

 

[bigarn]

What was the total acclimation time of adding tank water to the bag?

 

[ndpb6b]

It took about an hour.

 

[bigarn]

The norm is 2hrs...but maybe you'll be OK.

 

[maxi]

Mine would occassionally take a climb on the glass too. I returned him to the store when I learn he was munching on the little creatures in my sand bed. I also noticed a reduction in my pod population. You may want to reconsider having 4 of them.